Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Gearoid Mac Gearailt | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Right corner-forward | ||
Born |
Midleton, County Cork, Ireland | 24 April 1964||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Occupation | Construction equipment supplier | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
1983-1996 | Midleton | 49 (21-88) | |
Club titles | |||
Cork titles | 4 | ||
Munster titles | 2 | ||
All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1984–1993 | Cork | 22 (11-22) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 3 | ||
All-Irelands | 2 | ||
NHL | 1 | ||
All Stars | 0 |
Ger FitzGerald (born 24 April 1964) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Cork senior team.[1][2]
Born in Midleton, County Cork, Fitzgerald first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty when he first linked up with the Cork under-21 team. He made his senior debut during the 1983–84 league. Fitzgerald later became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won two All-Ireland medals and three Munster medals. He won a national league medal in 1993. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, FitzGerald won a Railway Cup medal in 1992. At club level he is a one-time All-Ireland medallist with Midleton. In addition to this he has also won two Munster medals and four championship medals. Throughout his career FitzGerald made 16 championship appearances. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1993 championship.
In retirement from playing FitzGerald became involved in team management and coaching. As well as involvement with several club teams he has also served as either manager of selector with the Cork minor, under-21 and senior teams.